Houses and Streets

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Theatre and Cinema (20, Alfara Street)

At 20 Alfara Street, linked to the important cultural activity of Algímia at the beginning of the 20th century, a theater was located, which during the Second (Spanish) Republic the theater exhibited racy shows that could only be attended by a male audience.

In this theater, in full representation of “La Papirusa” (comedy written in 1929 by Adolfo Torrado and Leandro Navarro. Writers that were very popular from the 30s to the 50s of the last century), with the performance of the actress Encarna Cubells, on Saturday On July 18, 1936, Mayor Joaquín Borja Compañ informed the people of the military uprising in North Africa. 

Movies were also shown. Both theater and cinema were active until the 1940s . In the post-war period, dance was also performed and was known as “Cine Teresín” (Teresin Cinema).

During the 1940s and 1950s, it was the Vicente Bória Ros fruit warehouse, which used to be on Calle Virgen (Virgen Street).

At the end of the 1950s and beginning of the 1960s, Rubén Compañ Salt and Magín Cotolí Alandí had a soft drink factory, “La Fuente del Conde”.